Here's our taps for this week, continuing our dominance for best taps on the Alberta strip. Also, looking for any suggestions on CDAs, Hefs and Browns crafted in the Pacific NW preferable Oregon. Many of these taps were your suggestions from online threads like this one. Thanks! -Zack 1. Fort George 1811 Lager (Ft George "hellcat" smoked pepper belgian pale ON DECK) 2. Occidental "Cloudy Summer" (Cascade Saison Fume ON DECK) 3. Heater Allen Pils (we'll try Commons Pils, Heater Allen "coastal" is also great) 4. Bear Republic "racer 5" 5. Occidental Hef 6. Smithwick's (this is a native tap that will most likely stay, unless you suggest something...) 7. Stone "Levitation" (Stone Pale ON DECK) 8. Great Divide "Hoss" Rye Lager (this may become a CDA home) 9. Ninkasi "Maiden the Shade" (this tap reserved for Ninkasi seasonals/specialties) 10. Green Flash "Hop Head Red" 11. Guinness (this tap stays for better or worse) 12. Elysian "Wasteland" Elderflower Saison (Elysian Pale Beet Bock ON DECK) 13. Migration "Clems Cream" (any suggestions for other craft nitros go here please) 14. Trumer Pils 15. Uinta "Hop Notch" 16. Boneyard "Hop Venom" 17. Elysian "Split Shot" (Ft. George Bourbon Stout ON DECK) 18. Fearless Scottish Ale (El Toro "Poppy Jasper" ON DECK) 19. Off The Rail "OTM" Chocolate Stout 20. Redstone "Nectore of the Hops" dry-hopped wildflower mead.
Hah-best taplist on Alberta street isn't saying much. I'm really shocked at how little we have for beer in this part of town. There's quite a bit that is a short drive away, but on Alberta St, there's nothing worthwhile besides you guys. Expand north to Killingsworth and you can rope in Concordia Alehouse (highly recommended for anyone who hasn't been there yet), but that's it. Having said that, I think it's all the more commendable that you have such a well thought out taplist given the lack of stiff competition. I stopped in a week or so ago for the first time and really enjoyed the place-I'll definitely be back again soon! Oh, and some small suggestions: Keep tap 3 as a Heater Allen tap if possible. I've never had Commons, and they may be great, but I absolutely love H.A.! As for nitro, it's a bit unusual, but I really like high octane beers on nitro (Old Raspy is amazing on nitro!), and I'd really like to try less common styles on nitro. I'm stoked you guys have mead by the glass. I tried my first mead at your place last week and really enjoyed it. It's something that I'd be hard pressed to buy a whole bottle of, but will keep coming back to your place to get it by the glass. As for Browns, that's one of my favorite styles, but there's not much from the PNW that I like. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Doryman's Dark from Pelican, which is awesome. Tumbler is great as well, but is seasonal.
